tomatoes: fruit or veg???

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Reply 100

Kiesha

BlueAngel

Yeah but why dont they belong in a bowl of fruit then. No one puts tomatoes in a bowl of fruit.

I'm not sure, I suppose it just happened to work out like that :confused:

Reply 101

dogtanian

BlueAngel

Yeah but why dont they belong in a bowl of fruit then. No one puts tomatoes in a bowl of fruit.

Fruits don't have to be sweet. Though some tomatoes are quite sweet..

Reply 102

Fluffy

BlueAngel

Yeah but why dont they belong in a bowl of fruit then. No one puts tomatoes in a bowl of fruit.

Common mistake! People usually tend to associate fruit with sweet (or sour :wink:

). As a result some find it difficult to accept the scientific fact :smile:

Reply 103

TheWolf

Hayley...

Fruits don't have to be sweet. Though some tomatoes are quite sweet..

what! bananas arent fruits? :confused:

Reply 104

dogtanian

TheWolf

what! bananas arent fruits? :confused:

I was wrong, they are, it's the 'banana tree' bit that's a misnomer.

Reply 105

Homegrownkitten

Fluffy

Fruit - in its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Thus, apricots, bananas, and grapes, as well as bean pods, corn grains, tomatoes, cucumbers, and (in their shells) acorns and almonds, are all technically fruits.
This definition of fruit is very broad, and encompasses almost everything that contains seeds.

Vegetables. This includes: Root crops like potatoes, carrots and turnips
Bulbs like onions and garlic
Stems like asparagus
Leaves like lettuce and cabbage
Flowers like broccoli and cauliflower

http://www.vegsoc.org/info/pulses.html

Reply 106

Babygal

Fruit of course because it has seeds in it

Reply 107

kikzen

Veg.

technically i admit it is a fruit, but its position and role in food is one of a vegetable, so it has become a vegetable (for me at least) :smile:

Reply 108

AngelofnoColour

kikzen

Veg.

technically i admit it is a fruit, but its position and role in food is one of a vegetable, so it has become a vegetable (for me at least) :smile:

Yeah I understand that it has seeds and all, but a tomato has always to me been a vegetable.

Reply 109

NDGAARONDI

kikzen

Veg.

technically i admit it is a fruit, but its position and role in food is one of a vegetable, so it has become a vegetable (for me at least) :smile:

But what about other fruits roles? Not sure if this would apply but what about using orange with duck and apples with pork? I suppose you could argue they are being used as vegetables that way.

Reply 110

kikzen

NDGAARONDI

But what about other fruits roles? Not sure if this would apply but what about using orange with duck and apples with pork? I suppose you could argue they are being used as vegetables that way.

but their primary roles are those of fruits.

Reply 111

musicbloke

amazingtrade

The best one was when me and my uni mates started a debate in 5th Avenue night club in Manchester. It was "Is a jaffa cake a biscuit or a cake" we asked the DJ, the bouncers and everybody, in fact its almost legandary now that when I went a couple of weeks later somebody asked me the same question. Its a great harmless drunk game!

Its sadly ended now though.

If my memory is correct I think they called them cakes so they didn't havee to charge some luxuries tax that there was on biscuits - just a loophole in the law I think. Does anyone care to confirm this for me.

MB

Reply 112

Lithium

I think this is the general rule:

If it has SEEDS, its a FRUIT

Reply 113

charliefarley

since when does anyone have tomatoe in their fruit salad??? but yet everyone calls them a fruit.

Reply 114

neha p

charliefarley

since when does anyone have tomatoe in their fruit salad??? but yet everyone calls them a fruit.

but there are some foods which do not mix. lemons are fruits, yet they dont get wedged in sandwiches or mashed in fruit salads. i think there are accepted ways of eating things, and tomatoes (as much as i dislike them) apparently go well in sandwiches etc. also there is such thing a tomatoe juice like there is apple, pinapple juice....but there's no courgette juice in the sainsbury's shelves!! :smile:

Reply 115

Fluffy

IT'S A FRUIT! End of!!!